Shade-holder.



H. GOODPRIEND.

SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION IILB D APR-26, 1912.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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LH'TI WITNESSES AYTOR/VEYS HENRY coonminnn, or ronxnns, New Yon r.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Specification Letters Patent.

Application filed April as, 1912. Serial No. 693,315.

To all whom it mag]- concern:

Be it known, that I, HENRY GooorRmNo, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New.York, have invented a new and Improved Shade-Holder, of which,

the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in shade holders for incandescentand other lamps, and it embodies a construction that is designed toenable the shade to be readily and easily attached in position withreference to the lamp globe or bulb, and as readily removed therefrom incase of damage or when, for any other reason, removal is necessary.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which the same characters of reference indicatethe same parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, showing theconstruction of my holder; Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan with theparts1n the same position as shown in.

Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the parts in adifferent posit1on; and Fig. 4 is a bottom. plan of the parts as shown1n Fig. 3.

On the drawings, 1 represents the body of my shade holder, which ishollow and-preferably bell-shaped. When employed in connection withincandescent electric lamps it is secured at its top to the lamp socketand adjacent its, opposite end it has a cylindrical surface 2, along oneedge of which is formed a shoulder 3. Beyond the shoulder 3 is anothercylindrical sectiorr gf greater width than the surface 2, and the" edgeor rim of this section is ,spun or crimped over as shown "hat 5. Thissection is provided with a projection or guide lug 6, which is curvedinward and upward toward the top of the holder, as shown in Figs. 1 and3.

The numeral 7 represents a rotatable ring havin flanges 8 and 9 whichengagethe shoul er 2 and the turned-over edge 5, respectively, to holdit in place upon the cyllndrical section 4. This ring is mounted torotate upon the open end or bottom of the holder, and the lower edge isprovided with a lug 10 of the same angular extent and ourvature as -thelug 6. This lug 10 is arranged to slide over the ln 6 when the shade isto be inserted into the older, and moved into such position afterwardthat the pro JGClZIOIlS 6 and 10 will engage-the shade on opposite sidesand hold the same in place.

The movement of the ring 7 is limited in one direction by a stop 11projecting from the crimped-over edge 5 of the shade holder 1 whichabuts against one end of the projection' -lQ when the same is inposition to engage the shade, and by a projection 12 from one end of thelug6, whic other end of the projection 10 when the lug 10 is movedaround into position to overlie the lug 6, to allow the shade to beinserted into the holder. 13 represents an opening in the top of thebell-shaped holderfagainst which the end of the socket rests, and bymeans of which the engages the Patented Sept. 24, 1912.:

fastening of the shade holder .to the sup- 1 porting structure-of thelamp is facilitated;

and 14 represents the shade itself shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and3.

When it .is desired to mount the shade in .lace upon a lamp, the ring 7is turned to ring the lug 10 into positiontooverlie the lug 6, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, the projection 12 engaging one end of the lug 10, andlimiting the movement of the ring at this time. The shade is theninserted into the open end of the holder. in the manner illus trated'indotted lines in Fig. 1, one side of the flange at the upper end of theshade being slipped over the coinciding edges-of the lugs 6 and 10, soas to give the opposite side sufiicient clearance to pass the adjacentportion of the flange 9 and edge 5. The ring. 7 is then turned, thedirection of movement being counter-clockwise with reference to Figs. 2and 4, so as to move the lug 10 as far as is permitted by the stop 11:The lug 6 will now engage with the flange at the top of the conduit onone side, and the lug 10 with the same flange on the opposite side, andthe shade will thus be held in position. To remove the shade it is onlynecessary to move the arts back to the position they occupy in Figs. 1and 2, when the shade 14 can at once be taken out.

It will be seen that the projections 6 and 10 turn in toward the opening13 in the body 1. This makes the projections engage the outer surface ofthe globe or shade 14 to better advantage, since itgives them a shapewhich approximately corresponds to the curvature of the globe or shade.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a simpleand novel form of shade holder which is readily adapted to serve mypurpose, and bycthe use of it a shade can be applied to a lamp at aninstants time, and just as quickly whenever removal is required. r.

Itis to be noted that while I have shown and described my invention asintended for use as a shade holder, itis by no means to be restrictedto'sueh' use, but may be em ployed in other'r elat-ion's wherever thereis a demand for the same. Furthermore, the

holderfmay be attached to the lighting fixture on which itis used eitherin upright position, as shown, or in horizontal or inverted -pbsition,as will be readily understood.

I wish to have it understood that the description and drawings disclosebut one embodiment of my invention, and that I do not care to be limitedto the exact details shown and described, except in so far as,isexpressly indicated in the accompanying claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: y

1. In a shade holder, the combination of a body having an open end, aring rotatably carried by said 0 en end, and projections carried by saidend and said ring, said projections extending toward the opposite end ofthe body and being movable into andout of overlying position to enable ashade to be inserted into said holder and held therein.-

2. In a shade holder, the combination of-a A body having an open end, aring inclosing shade to be inserted into the open end of 'the body andheld in place therein, said said body adjacent said open end and beingrotatably secured thereto, and projections carried by said ring and saidbody, said proj ections extending inward toward the opposite end of thebody and movable into and out oi overlying, position to enable a shade'-to be inserted into the holder and retained in place therein.

3. In a shade holder, the combination ofia body, having an open end, anda ring rotatably mounted upon said body adjacent said end, said body andsaid ring having projections extending inward toward the opposite end ofthe body and being movable into and out of overlying position to permita body having stops for limiting the move ment of the ring.

4. In a shade holder, at body having an,

open end, a rotatable ring inelosing said end, said ring and said bodyhaving inwardextending lugs movable into and out of overlyingposition, astop carried by one of said lugs to limit the movement of the other whenthe ring, is moved to permit the insertion of a shade, and another stopto limit the movement of the ring after the shade has been. insertedinto the holder.

removed 5. A shade holder comprising a body having an open end, said endhaving a cylindrical section terminating in a shoulder at one edge andhaving its opposite edge bent over, a ring having flanges to engage thesaid bent-over edge and shoulder and hold projections carried by saidbody and said ring and extending inward toward the opposite end of thebody, said projections being movable into and out of overlying positionto enablea shade to be inserted into said holder and held therein.

7 In a shade holder, the combination of a body having an open end, aring rotatably carried by said body adjacent said open end, arc-shapedprojections carried by said body and said ring, said projectionsextending inward toward the opposite end of said body and being movableinto and out of overlying position to enable a shade to be inserted intosaid holder and hel therein, and means for engaging said projections andlimiting.

the movement of the ring, both when the,

projections are in overlying position and when they are in position tosecurea shade to the holder. j

' 8. In a shade holder, the combination of a body having an open end, aring rotatably" carried by said body adjacent said end, arc-,

shaped projections carried by said end and said ring;said projectionsbeing movable into and out-of overlying posit-ion to enable a shade tobe inserted into said holder and held therein,a lug carried by one ofsaid projections to engage the other projection when the same are movedinto 0verlying.position, and another lug carried. by the bodyto engagethe other projection and limit the movement of the lugs out of overlyingposition. j 1

9. A'shade holder comprising a body having an open end, said end havinga cylindrical section terminating in a shoulder at one edge and havingits opposite edge bent over, a ring having flanges to eiigage the saidbent-over edge and shoulder and hold the same in place on said body,said rin bein rotatably mounted on said body, an

bent over, a ring having flanges to engage the said bent-over edge andshoulder and of said projections into and out of overlying hold the samein place on said body, said position.

ring being rotatably mounted on said body, In testimony whereof I havesigned my arc-shaped projections carried by said body name to thisspecification in the presence of o and said ring and movable into andout of two subscribing Witnesses.

overlying position to engage a shade and HENRY GOODFRIEN'D hold the samein place, :1 lug carried by one j V of said arc-shaped projections, andanother Witnesses: lug carried by said body to engage the other SELMAALEXANDER,

-10 of said projections and limit the movement SIGMUND ZINNER.

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